How to make a complaint

Our objective is to provide a high standard of service to you at all times. We recognise things can go wrong occasionally and if this occurs, we are committed to resolving matters promptly and fairly.

The FCA defines a complaint as any oral or written expression of dissatisfaction, whether justified or not, from, or on behalf of, a person about the provision of, or failure to provide, a financial service, claims management service or a redress determination, which:

(a) alleges that the complainant has suffered (or may suffer) financial loss, material distress or material inconvenience; and

(b) relates to an activity of that respondent, or of any other respondent with whom that respondent has some connection in marketing or providing financial services or products or claims management services, which comes under the jurisdiction of the Financial Ombudsman Service.

If you need to make a complaint, in the first instance we request that you email team@rubber-ring.co.uk with the Subject your email as "Complaint".
Should you prefer you can altervatively address your complaint to:
Rubber Ring Complaints
4th Floor Waulk Mill
Bengal Street
Manchester
M4 6LN

or call us direct on: 0161 533 0803

In order to best manage the complaint, we find that putting down your complaint or concerns in writing. You can of course, make your complaint by any method such as telephone or in person

Where a complaint arises we will, wherever possible, endeavour to resolve the matter within 3 business days following receipt. If this is not possible our Risk & Compliance Team will investigate it.  

We aim to assess any complaint fairly, consistently and promptly to determine whether it should be upheld and, if so, what remedial action or redress may be appropriate. We shall resolve it at the earliest opportunity with the aim of doing so within 8 weeks of receipt.

To enable us to remedy the situation in a speedy and efficient manner, we have a documented, formal complaints procedure, details of which are shown below.

1) We will acknowledge your complaint promptly (generally within 5 business days) in writing, and will include written details of our complaints handling procedures, details of who will be handling the matter in our office, and indicating when you may expect an answer. Details of the Financial Ombudsman Service, will also be advised where applicable. Where we are able to provide a final response immediately, the acknowledgement may be combined with the final response. You will be kept informed of the progress of the investigation. 

2) If you complain to us but we are satisfied that the complaint relates to activities or services provided by another firm, or the complaint relates to us and another firm jointly; we will refer the matter on to that firm (so they can consider your complaint). We will do this promptly and tell you what we have done. We will also provide you with the other firm’s contact details.

3) We will aim to make a final response to you as soon as is practicable, and keep you reasonably informed as to progress. We anticipate that we will be able to provide a substantive response to most complaints within four weeks.

4) If however this is not possible, we will update you as to progress and by the end of eight weeks from receipt of your complaint, we will issue you with our final response.

Final response –This will either: 

• uphold the complaint and where appropriate offer redress or 
• reject the complaint in part or full and give reasons for doing so.

If you are dissatisfied  with that response or any further delay at this time, you will have a period of Six months in
which you can refer the matter to the Financial Ombudsman Service, whose details are shown
below.

When we provide our final response letter, we will endeavour to ensure that we have taken into consideration any financial losses or material inconvenience you may have suffered. If we do not feel your complaint is justified, we will advise you of the reasons for our decision and we will also advise how you may pursue the complaint if you remain dissatisfied.

The final response will advise you whether you may refer the complaint to the Financial Ombudsman Service if you are not satisfied. It will include a copy of the Financial Ombudsman Service’s explanatory leaflet.